Bill > SB0181

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (the department) to apply for a Medicaid waiver to reimburse for traditional healing services provided by traditional healing providers at eligible facilities, such as Indian Health Service facilities, tribal health programs, and urban Indian organizations, to enrollees who are members of American Indian or Alaskan Native tribes. The bill defines "traditional healing services" as a system of culturally appropriate healing methods for physical, mental, and emotional healing, and "traditional healing provider" as an individual who provides such services in a manner recognized by a tribe as consistent with the tribe's traditional healing practices. The department may further define and limit the services that can be reimbursed under the waiver, which cannot be reimbursed if the provider is restricted from providing the service, the service is contraindicated by a medical provider, or the service is not part of the patient's plan of care. The bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.